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Quoth Boozy View PostWe get anywhere from 5-7 free bottles of wine every month.
We also get sent to the wineries on occasion for "education", or as the staff calls it, "world-class piss 'em up with full-course lunch"
I only get $15 off a bottle per week (only if I've worked that week), with a 25% discount on any other wine I may purchase.
And education? HAH. I pay for all my own education. Can't even get them to pay for the hours I spend at portfolio tastings. If I have to take a shift off to go to a tasting, I lose the money for that day.
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Let's see...
Free tuition to either the undergrad and/or grad programs.
Free tuition for any unmarried friend of mine to either program.
Free use of the gym.
Getting the entire week off between the day before Christmas until after New Years.
Food from users during the holidays.
Getting my A+ certification for FREE!SC: “Yeah, Bob’s Company. I'm Bob. It's my company.” - GK
SuperHotelWorker made my Avi!!
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Quoth Victoria J View PostI get to know everyone's business . I'm really really nosey so I love having a job that lets me legitimately stick my nose in people's business.I'm trying to see things from your point of view, but I can't get my head that far up my keister!
Who is John Galt?
-Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
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Quoth technical.angel View PostFree tuition to either the undergrad and/or grad programs.
Free tuition for any unmarried friend of mine to either program.
Free use of the gym.
Getting the entire week off between the day before Christmas until after New Years.
Food from users during the holidays.
Getting my A+ certification for FREE!
I get some job-related training. Maybe.The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
"Hy kan tell dey is schmot qvestions, dey is makink my head hurt."
Hoc spatio locantur.
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job perks...hm
well, i get all the coffee drinks i want while i'm at work. hell, i get all the drinks for free.
...actually, if i bring in my own cup, they're free while i'm not working, too.
if one of our breakfast sammiches is past the "sell by" date, they get tossed into a fridge in the back and we can have 'em. hell, most of our past date food ends up there. 'cept for the stuff we donate to a shelter, but i have no problem packaging that stuff up.
i get to listen to pretty awesome music all day.
my coworkers are the *best.* sooooo funny
most of the customers aren't really that bad...it's the rare few that are special
my boss doesn't let *anyone* give us crap. she'll kick their asses out if they mouth off to us.
we get tips...oh, and full time bennies for working part time.
mmm...i heart my job
oh, i tested printers for a while. we had to test all sorts of paper from around the world. japan has the best paper (sounds weird, i know). rather, the best stuff that comes with paper. open a box and sometimes there'd be adorable notebooks with reeeeeally hilariously bad engrish, or cute little note pads, wash cloths, packs of tissue...random little treats. it was pretty awesome. got to dress how we liked, and since it was a night shift, there really wasn't anyone around to care what we did as long as the job got done (then it all went to hell, but that's another story for another thread)If you want to be happy, be. ~Leo Tolstoy
i'm on fb and xbox live; pm me if ya wanna be "friends"
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The first would be the generally awesome upper management, who can tolerate if not always appreciate my humor.
The free pasta, salad, pizza, dessert, and appetizers every shift (we all enjoy the leftover spoils of the buffet).
If you work a split shift all day, double above AND a free meal.
Half off when you work/leave work.
25% when you come in or order a whole lot.
Coupons + discount = massive savings.
Learning pizza lore and all sorts of interesting food facts.
The hilarious stories from my co-workers' youths.
Sometimes, when work was epicly busy, we get a free meal and/or Sonic.
#1...
...being told in an honest, personable fashion, that you are a good employee and are appreciated.
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Quoth unholypet View Post#1...
...being told in an honest, personable fashion, that you are a good employee and are appreciated.If you want to be happy, be. ~Leo Tolstoy
i'm on fb and xbox live; pm me if ya wanna be "friends"
^_^
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Host of Blue keeps 4 refrigerators stocked with foods for us to eat. Sunday workers do a potluck (I don't work sundays though. :-(), I get free web hosting, an enjoyable job, and a great paycheck for working as an L1 tech (not so great at upper levels though)
Add to that catered food on a decently regular basis, and various other perks, like an arcade machine in the break room, and expensive giveaways every few months (2 40"HDTVs, 3 XBox360s, a PS3 and a few other smaller things.) :-D
...And of course, "The customer is always right" doesn't fly here. If a customer is being an idiot I can (politely) put them in their place.Coworker: Distro of choice?
Me: Gentoo.
Coworker: Ahh. A Masochist. I thought so.
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At the Medicine Hat:
Good benefits for full time workers.
Marginal: The ability to shop on the clock at reasonable times, though that's partly due to the fact we don't often get to take 15 minute breaks (we do get our lunches, though).
I've been told that I was a good employee before, though.
At the Night Place:
The ability to mouth off to rude customers in hilarious ways (though this is an unofficial perk as the drunks and other night time asshats won't bother to complain. (Hey...I think I've got a story for the SC section...)
A kick-ass immediate boss.
Ummm...that's about it.Osoroshii kangae nimo osoware masu...
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At the Hobby Shop, we got 40% off just about anything we wanted, and we were allowed to build models on the clock when it was slow. That actually worked to the store's advantage, because it allowed us to demo techniques for customers, as well as provide inspiration, which would in turn boost sales. More than once, someone saw something i was building (or had built and put in the display case) and bought the same kit so they could have one of their own.
At my previous store, once a month we got a free catered lunch courtesy of the furniture store across the street as compensation for allowing their employees to park in our lot.
At my current store, there isn't quite as much. Sunday is automatically considered overtime, but that's because of Massachusetts regulations rather than a company "perk." However, with the exception of Captain Jellico and California Boy, I really like the crew we have there. We all get along VERY well with each other, to the point that some of us have gone out for drinks together after work a few times, and I once organized a dinner party a a nice restaurant for the afternoon/evening crew and we all had a blast. Tonight I treated two co-workers to a drink, and a few weeks ago our Awesome Sales Manager - Focker - came with us for drinks and sprang for a round of Cabo Wabo shots (I don't do tequila, so instead he covered the cost of one of my drinks).
So - even though the company continues to screw me over - I'm still much happier at my current store than I ever was at my old store."We guard the souls in heaven; we don't horse-trade them!" Samandrial in Supernatural
RIP Plaidman.
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I get to work from home
My boss has my back. She's even gone so far as to make sure her writers were paid before she was paid in the early days of the business.(The issues that caused that have been resolved. People pay, THEN we write.)
If I were to make a web page(which I am working on) the company would promote it at cost.(We're talking marketing for less than $10)
I can write at any time of day as long as my writing is in before midnight CST.(So I usually stay a day "ahead" so I can write at night.)
My editors know my style, and rarely ask any changes to be made to my articles and blogs. (There was a few adjustments for the client I am now writing for, but he's repeat business and I know what he wants now.)
Once I write for a client if they give repeat business to the company I am given the option to write for them again or pass before they post the package info up on wall.(The wall is basically "We have these packages that need writers, who wants them?)
I get to talk shop with my best friend.(I got her involved with the company when she had cancer and was unable to go to work. She could write a couple hours a day though.)
My land lady is REALLY impressed that I'm a writer. She tells everyone who comes to the house and sees me going about my business.
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